Gujarat High Court
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation vs Royal Manor Hotel And Industries Ltd on 23 April, 2025
Author: Sangeeta K. Vishen
Bench: Sangeeta K. Vishen
NEUTRAL CITATION
C/CA/1471/2025 ORDER DATED: 23/04/2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY) NO. 1471 of
2025
In F/FIRST APPEAL NO. 33425 of 2024
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AHMEDABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
Versus
ROYAL MANOR HOTEL AND INDUSTRIES LTD.
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Appearance:
MS JIRGA D JHAVERI(3471) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR. KM ANTANI(6547) for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE SANGEETA K. VISHEN
and
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRAL R. MEHTA
Date : 23/04/2025
ORAL ORDER
(PER : HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE SANGEETA K. VISHEN)
1. By this application, the applicant has prayed for condoning the delay of 49 days caused in preferring the captioned first appeal.
2. Ms Jirga D. Jhaveri, learned advocate for the applicants submitted that the judgment was pronounced on 28.08.2024. It is thereafter, the file was received by the Legal Department somewhere in the month of August 2024 and thereafter, as per the procedure it was sent to the Deputy Assistant Tax Collector in the month of September 2024. Necessary steps were taken of engaging the lawyer and allotting the matter. After gathering necessary instructions, preparing the file, the appeal came to be filed. In the process, there occurred a delay of 49 days.
3. Mr Kanva Antani, learned advocate states that he has Page 1 of 2 Uploaded by RAVI PRAVINCHANDRA PATEL(HC01068) on Thu Apr 24 2025 Downloaded on : Fri Apr 25 02:24:07 IST 2025 NEUTRAL CITATION C/CA/1471/2025 ORDER DATED: 23/04/2025 undefined received instructions to appear in place of previous advocate and necessary Vakalatnama has been filed. It is requested this Court to pass appropriate orders.
4. Having regard to the averments made so also the oral submissions and considering the explanation offered, this Court, is of the opinion that delay of 49 days caused in filing the captioned first appeal deserves to be condoned and is hereby condoned.
5. Civil application succeeds and is accordingly allowed. Rule is made absolute to the aforesaid extent. No order as to costs.
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